A (2008): PLA

In addressing PLA's strategic goal of ensuring that public libraries are staffed by highly skilled, well-trained and competitively compensated professionals who reflect the diverse demographics of the communities they serve, PLA has created the highly successful "Grow Your Own Institutional Scholarship Program." This project seeks to present the success stories and best practices used by the institutions receiving these grants.

Expected Outcomes

A mock-up of pages for the PLA website that fit within the current design template

Content that represents the wide range of libraries receiving the grants

Quotes, photos and background of some of the people receiving grants from their institutions

Documents of other materials from the recipient libraries that could be adapted

Links to application materials

Group Members

Amy Crump

Sarah English

Willie Johnson

Troy Reed

Introductions

Sarah English

I'm the Youth Collection Development Manager for Omaha Public Library and the Project Manager for Omaha Kids Read/Omaha Reads. I'm involved in ALSC's Managing Children's Services Committee and a member of the YALSA Editorial Advisory Board. I'm interested in studying the impact of Carnegie Libraries on children's services. Library lions, pandas, and the upper corners of America are other areas of interest.

Willie Johnson Jr

Hi! My name is Willie Johnson Jr. My colleagues as well as my friends call me "Will". I’m currently the manager of the Patterson Park Library within the Enoch Pratt Free Library System and I also work part-time at a small college in Baltimore, Md.

In my free time I enjoy traveling!

Troy Reed

Hi, my name is Troy Reed. I'm an Adult Services Librarian at the Southeast Regional Library in Gilbert, AZ, part of the Maricopa County Library District. I graduated with my MLS in 2003 from the University of Arizona in Tucson. While I was earning my MLS, I worked as a full-time sixth grade teacher in the Osborn School District and a part-time Library Assistant with the Phoenix Public Library system. I have worked for Southeast Regional since 2005.
When I'm not at work or reading, I love to spend time with my husband, our two cats, and our new Beagle puppy, Bailey. I also like to hike and make sure to take the time to travel and enjoy the outdoors in beautiful Arizona!

Amy Crump

I'm the director of the Marshall Public Library in Missouri. What time I have left after that is spent with my husband, mostly raising our three daughters.